It’s heartwarming, occasionally exciting, and some of the cinematography is exemplary.
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06/24/06
Eight Below (2006)
71 %
Reviews Counted: 137 Fresh: 97 Rotten:40 Average Rating: 6.5/10
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Featuring a stellar cast of marooned mutts, who deftly display emotion, tenderness, loyalty and resolve, Eight Below is a heartwarming and exhilarating adventure film.
Rated: PG
Runtime: 2 hrs
Theatrical Release: 20-04-2006
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story and the hit Japanese film NANKYOKU MONOGATARI, Frank Marshall's (ALIVE, CONGO) EIGHT BELOW captures a rugged world of ice, snow, and threatening weather that few will ever experience in person. As a guide for a National Science Foundation Research Base in... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs, Gerard Plunkett
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05/06/06
Top Critic
Walker and co. might get a healthy burst of screentime in the middle, but its the team of dogs who steal the show.
05/06/06
Top Critic
The dogs are adorable and the scenery is impressive, but this is poorly written, badly paced and at least 30 minutes too long.
04/21/06
The dogs take the biscuit in Eight Below, an enthralling fact-based tale of man's best friend struggling to survive a harsh Antarctic winter.
03/14/06
Top Critic
It's the canine players who carry the movie and will capture the hearts of viewers young and old.
02/22/07
The film is padded out to a full two hours, which may not be quite as long as the dogs have to wait for their rescue, but it does feel like it.
09/22/06
The human interaction is just a little too precious and the digression away from the dogs and the main story is just too long for it to feel like anything but a major detour.
09/19/06
The film looks handsome, the photography is grand, and the dogs do their part admirably. Now, if it weren't for those pesky humans....
06/12/06
The movie is a perfectly decent work of fiction and an enjoyable family adventure.
05/12/06
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05/06/06
The biggest accomplishment of all is keeping these wonderful, loveable sled dogs inhuman; they are dogs. And we love dogs.
04/16/06
Now, this is a kids' movie, first and foremost, so my high rating is based on the film's core demographic and not geared to snobby, Milk-Dud encrusted cinephiles who scoff at a little Mark Isham -engineered heart tugging.
03/27/06
Perhaps you have to be a dog owner to be reduced to the blubbering mess that I found myself in by the end of Disney's Eight Below.
03/18/06
An example of a formula picture executed with the right mixture of professionalism and heart.
03/11/06
Could this be the beginning of a new era of excellence for Disney? We'll see. It's definitely a great start.
03/11/06
If you thought those marching penguins were brave and adorable, wait till you see an eight pack of courageous, intelligent and captivating dogs ...
03/09/06
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